Journal Jots

Theater Studies

2013:  We welcomed Sarah and James, two local actors, helping us with American history content.  Over a couple of months, our scholars worked on political science, taking advantage of the the recent election, working through the system of checks and balances, and learning about the path form our original colonies […]

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May Day 2016

On Monday, we enjoyed five different soups, as is our pajama May Day custom now…  We unveiled three new sculptures, purchases made and displayed to encourage our own artists to examine new media possibilities, along with the idea of sustained attention to layers and embellishments.  One clay sculpture comically sits […]

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Cam and Push Rod

The Cam and Push–Rod Challenge We are using a time period of history as the context for our camand push rod system. Foreground, middleground, and background are back in our vocabulary.  (The middleground is where the action takes place with the movement of the vertical rod.)  The entire set design must be researched for authenticity.  Each of our designer-engineers […]

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Inklings and Jots to Reality… 2009

The notion was dared whispered and grew into a shout and laughter, trepidation, and reality over a mere few months. The earliest fires of life were fanned over coffee at Carlino’s in Fairview. With the unwavering help of our Guardian Angel/Midwife Judy (from Northwest Children’s Theater) we got our own […]

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Our First Week! 2009

A Bit of History: Our Very First Weeks as a School, Laying a Foundation of What is to Unfold Our first week was incredible! We grounded ourselves in agreements, organized our math tool-kits, and took assessments for math placement, applied the concepts of symmetry to beading our ID necklaces, adopted […]

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A Day… In the Beginning: 2009

Time continues to flow and sweep us downstream with it! Do you wonder what a day looks like at A Renaissance School? Impossible to describe!!! It may begin with a conga line parading through the hall, a few Irish whistles serenading us from the Great Room, a snuggle-up with a […]

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Our First-Ever Family Learning Celebration! 2009

On the afternoon of October 23 at 4:00, our families gathered with the children to share the youngsters’ accomplishments. Each child spread out precious work from the first six weeks of school. Our collections of treasures covered the front foyer! Children were the guides, checking off a full page of […]

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Narnia Tea—Our-ever first trimester celebration of learning

On December 18, 2009, the school families and partners gathered to celebrate our first trimester of living and learning together. We filled the NWCT’s Board Room as children escorted their guests and sat around the long banquet table. We munched on sweets and drank tea, chattering and opening gifts that […]

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End of Our First Trimester! Time flies!!! 2009

We are heading into our open house with a trunk full of work to share, performances, and a family viewing of NWCT’s Winnie the Pooh. So much has happened and there is so much to share that this morning, when the children brainstormed all we wanted to be sure to […]

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The Early Evolution of Space: 2010

The classroom space has changed.. While the “bones” remain the same, it is aging with personality, color, texture, and signs of life! We are indebted to NWCT for allowing us to live and learn there as we created a prototype of what can be and what was to come, for […]

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